Moving to The Highlands / Life in The Highlands

[Jock Scot]

If you do end up finding yourself in Inverness or thereabouts give a shout out to Jock Scot and show him true thanks by sharing a few drams of Talisker with the true gentleman of the north (I believe I remember Talisker as his drink of choice) and you will both be the better for it, and the friendship I am sure he can offer. Good luck. I envy you more than you could imagine.

You are very kind Jeff and yes you are quite right, Talisker is my whisky of choice. I am always in for meet up with members of Xmarks when they are in "my" area and I have met more than a few in the time I have been a member here. In fact I had a memorable meal with "Livingstone" and his charming wife only a few months ago.I am not sure if they survived the meet up or the fairly choppy crossing across to Lismore as I have not heard of them since!

Sadly though, life sometimes gets in the way and its not always possible and regrettably I have missed meeting up with some of our visitors from afar.

[neloon]

I don't quite agree with Jock over unemployment. The current US figure is, I believe, 4.1% whereas the Scottish figure is 3.8% and the Highlands and Islands figure is around 1.9%. Of course, these figures fluctuate in real terms especially locally and sometimes definitions change. Although Aberdeen has been "hit" by the fall in oil price, there are many moves to counteract this and the growth of renewable energy seems set to continue as Government policy throughout the North of Scotland. You might like to look at the Highlands and Islands Enterprise site
http://www.hie.co.uk/

Alan

[Jock Scot]

I am not at all sure that the unemployment figures reflect the reality Alan. Nevertheless if the statistics are reliable, then I am delighted.